Egg-cabinet for incubators.



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EGG CABINET FOR INCUBATORS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1912.

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Specification of Letters ?Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

Application tiled July 13, 19. .2. Serial No. 709,149.

To alt whom it may concern Be it known that we, WARD L. DRAKE and ANNADRAKE, citizens of the United .fdtates, residing at Redfield, in thecounty of Spink and State of South Dakota, have invented new and usefulImprovements Egg-Cabinets for Incubators, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to egg cabinets for incubators or storagepurposes, and has for an object to provide a cabinet wherein means willbe employed for turning eggs in a natural manner for the purpose ofpreventing a settling of the yolks and the closing of the pores of theegg, whereby the normal condition of the eggs is maintained so that eggsof maximum fertility can be safely rclied upon.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cabinet which willinclude a plurality of egg trays which will each be provided with anactuating member for rolling or turning the eggs, the said member, ineffect, forming such a part of the tray that will permit of its removalwith the tray when desired.

A still further object of the invention is to provide compact operatingmeans for moving the actuating members on the trays, the said mechanismbeing so constructed that a battery or large series of cabinets can beconnected therewith for the simultaneous operation of all of the eggactuating members.

forming a portion of this like numerals of parts in the sev- In thedrawings, specification and in which reference indicate similar eralviews:--Figure 1 is a apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof. Fig. 3is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of apparatus. Fig. 4is a vertical section therethrough. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of oneof the drawers. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rolling device.Figs. 7 and 8 represent further modifications of the apparatus. Fig. 9is a perspective view of the rolling device shown in Fig. 8. I

A plurality of tiers of superimposed cabinets 1 is shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings and as illustrated each cabinet 1 is of rectangularconfiguration being provided with the foraminous walls 2 whereby thecabinet can be thoroughly ventilated. Each cabinet has mounted thereinat its sides horizontally disposed cleats 3 on which the drawers 4 areslidably mounted, the said drawers being provided at their ends withrails 5 which are adapted to freely slide on the cleats. At the front,each drawer is provided with a plurality of pairs of horizontal passages7 through which the inner portions of the handles 8 extend. Thesehandles are carried by the front walls of the rolling members oragitating devices 9. The drawers at are provided with the foraminousbottoms 10 which are strengthened or reinforced by the transverse bracebars 11 which connect the front and back portions of the drawerstogether. The agitating or rolling members 9 are of rectangularconfiguration and each is provided with the spaced longitudinal bars 12and 13, the connecting end bars 14 and the intermediate spaced slats 15.The slats are sufficiently spaced apart and from the longitudinal bars13 and 14 so that each drawer is provided with a plurality of cells 16.The drawers exceed in width the width of the agitating or rollingmembers whereby front view of the the latter can be freely reciprocatedin the former. The agitating members are hottomless wherebywhen eggs areplaced in the cells they will rest upon the foraminous bottoms of thedrawers. This construction is such that when the agitating members arereciprocatcd the eggs will be turned or rolled upon the bottoms of thedrawers so as to prevent the settling of the yolks of the eggs againsttheir shells with the resultant elimination pf the closing of the poresof the shell, thus maintaining the normal condition of the eggs andpermitting of the storage of eggs for a considerable duration of timewith the insurance of maximr fertility.

The handles of the agitating members are provided with hingedly mountedouter por tions 16' having the hollow cylindrical like manipulatingmembers 17 It is desired in view of the showing in Fig. 1 that thecabinets are preferably arranged in companion tiers and in viewtherefore the cabinets of one tier are in line with the cabinets of theadjacent tier, therefore, substantially superimposed rows of cabinetsare presented with their said cylindrical manipulating members 17 inline. Now, in view of the arrangement of such plurality of cabinets itis obvious that they are ada ted in their entirety for the storage 0 alarge quantity of eggs and in view thereof of the drawings is employedwhereby the agitating members of all of the drawers can besimultaneously operated. This apparatus comprises vertical standards 18which are provided with superimposed elongated slots 19 through whichthe ends of the actuating rods 20 are extended. These rods are removablyfitted as at 21 to the vertical reciprocating rods 22 which areconnected by the links 23, to the actuating levers 24:. These levers arepivoted at 25 to the extensions 26 on the standards 18 and they areadapted to be rocked manually, or otherwise so that the rods 22 will besimultaneously reciprocated to cause all of the agitating members tomove at one time.

In the form of the apparatus shown in Flg. 7 the cabinet 27 is one ofportable con- ,struction which is designed for small stor- 20 agepurposes and adaptedto be readily car ried from place to place, the saidcabinet,

, being preferably provided with a handle 28 and the supporting feet 29.

The cabinet 30 shown in Fig. 8 is one designed for small storagepurposes but it is provided with a plurality of drawers 31 whoseagitating members may be singly re ciprocated. "The agitating membersfor each drawer of the cabinet shown in Fig. 8 is provided with thelongitudinal partitions 32 and the transverse partitions 33 which arerelatively associated, as shown so as to provide the intervening cells3% therebetween. This cabinet may be used for general shipment of eggsfor market purposes and the agitating members may be constructed ofcardboard or the like so that they can be replaced when worn by newmembers at a minimum cost.

1. Storage apparatus for eggs comprising a cabinet, having an eggsupporting drawer slidably mounted therein, an egg agitating deviceslidably mounted within the drawer, the front wall of the drawer beingprovided with spaced pairs of openings, and

support, handles attached to each of said devices and movable from thecorresponding support, and operating mechanism for said devicesconnecting the said handles.

3. Storage apparatus for eggs comprising a plurality of foraminous eggsupports arranged in superimposed relation, an egg agitating deviceslidably mounted across each support, handles attached to each of saiddevices and movable from the corre sponding support, a verticallydisposed connecting rod attached to the said handles and mounted on theexterior of the cabinet for horizontal sliding movement, and means bywhich said connecting rod may be operated to move the agitating means.

4. Storage apparatus for eggs-comprising a plurality of foraminous eggsupports arranged insuperimposed relation, an egg agitating deviceslidably mounted across each support, handles attached to each of saiddevices and movable from the corresponding support, a verticallydisposed connecting rod attached to the said handles and mounted on theexterior'of the cabinet for horizontal sliding movement, and aljustablemeans connected with the oppositiends of said connecting rod wherebylimited motion may be-imparted to either end of said rod.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses; I:

WARD L. DRAKE. ANNA DRAKE.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. FIsoHER, LILLIAN KELLER.

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